Happy Birthday, New York Times

Happy birthday to the Gray Lady, who today turns…158 years old. Whether she’s aged well or not is, I guess, an open question…still, as she blows out her candles and makes her birthday wish, I think there’s one sentiment all of us watching her can agree on: And many more…

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Megan Garber is an assistant editor at the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University. She was formerly a CJR staff writer.

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